Computer Lab Scheduling Policies

1. Individual reservations must be made at least 2 weeks prior to the requested date of use, but it is to your advantage to make your request as early as possible. Full-semester reservations are due to us the same date that classroom requests are due to the Registrar's office, but can be requested as much as 2 years or more in advance.
2. All reservations are done on a first-come, first-serve basis.
3. All requests are subject to availability.
4. All requests must be in written form. They can be submitted via the web (http://microlabs.msu.edu, click on Forms, click on Computer Lab Reservation Form), e-mail (mlsched@msu.edu), fax (353-9060), or mail (Computer Lab Scheduling Office, 324 Computer Center). We do not take requests over the phone. Contact us by phone (432-5311) or e-mail us and we will e-mail you a form. You should receive an e-mail message from us acknowledging the receipt of your form within one week. If you do not receive such a message, please contact us 432-5311.
5. Your reservation is not official until you have received a confirmation e-mail. This e-mail contains the specifics about your reservation. This e-mail will not be sent until your reservation has been scheduled, checked and rechecked. No confirmations of reservations are made by phone. If you have any questions about the status of your request, please contact our office.
6. All computer lab reservations can be viewed on the web at http://microlabs.msu.edu, click on All Computer Lab Reservations. This is the official computer lab schedule. The weekly schedules posted outside the computer labs may not contain last minute changes.
7. No changes can be made to computer lab schedules after Tuesday night of the preceding week. This is when the weekly schedules are printed for distribution to the labs. If there is a cancellation after this time and the reservation is being billed, then charges will be billed for anything that has already been incurred. In addition, a late fee may be added to your bill.
8. The instructor can choose to take his/her class to a computer lab that does not have a class reserved in it. When an instructor chooses to use a computer lab without a reservation on the printed schedule, they may instruct in the computer lab but cannot ask others to leave or refuse entrance to anyone.
9. Special approval is required for any reservation longer than 4 hours per day during the last two weeks of Fall and Spring terms plus finals week (3 weeks in all). At the end of each term the computer labs are needed so that students can complete assignments.

Updated: December 17, 2004